Open AccessHypertension and sudden unexpected deaths: An autopsy study of four hundred and seventy-seven brought-in-dead in a tertiary health center
Author(s) -
Francis Adedayo Faduyile,
Sunday Sokunle Soyemi,
Daniel Ayodele Sanni,
Kikelomo Ololade Wright
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/nmj.nmj_6_19
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , myocardial infarction , sudden death , cause of death , retrospective cohort study , hypertensive heart disease , heart failure , stroke (engine) , pediatrics , disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
Hypertension is an important and major public health concern globally. One of the major causes of sudden death worldwide is hypertension. This study is to present the morphological pattern of deaths at autopsy of those patients who were brought-in-dead (BID) and who had hypertensive heart disease (HHD) as the underlying illness.